Combination table and ash tray



Dec. 12, 1933. c. F. HOGUE 1,938,964

COMBINATION TABLE AND ASH TRAY Filed June 17, 1931 INVENTOR C. F. HogmBY m S ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 12, 1933 UNITED STATES COMBINATION TABLEAND ASH TRAY Carl F. Hogue,

Stockton, Calif.

Application June 17, 1931. Serial No. 544,941

1 Claim.

This invention relates to smokers articles and particularly to ashtrays.

The principal object of my invention is to provide an article of thischaracter arranged to be' permanently mounted in connection with a cardtable in such a manner that the tray will not project above the tablelevel to interfere with the cards or the movements of the players, andso that it cannot be knocked off, as frequently occurs with loose ashtrays.

A further object is to provide an ash holding receptacle .in connectionwith the device so mounted that it may be emptied whenever necessarywithout tipping up'or otherwise disturbing the table. The ash tray as awhole is also constructed so that it may be either easily attached tocard tables already in use, or it may be'put out with the tables asfactory equipment.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposefor which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claim.

In the drawing similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device as applied to a card table.Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the device. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the ash receptacle detached.

Referring now more particularly to characters of reference on thedrawing, the device comprises a shallow dished tray 1 having a circularopening 2 of suflicient size to receive cigar and cigarette buttsthereto, and provided around its rim with a flat outwardly projectingflange 3. Depending from the flange adjacent its junction with the trayis a cylindrical skirt 4 adapted to project into an opening of suflicintsize cut in the table top 5 so that the flange will rest on said toparound the opening. Studs or bolts 6 depend from the flange and throughthe top, hafing nuts on their under ends for securing the same to thetable.

supported skirt. I have here shown only one tray mounted on the tablebut there would preferably be two disposed at diametrically opposedcorners, which will take care of the needs of all the players.

With certain card tables, the folding leg construction is such that theash trays in the corners would interfere with the folding movement. Insuch tables, I would mount four individual trays, of smaller size andlocated in a convenient position in front of the different players.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In combination with a thin table top having an opening therein, ashallow dish over the opening, a flange about the dish resting on andsecured to the top about the opening, said dish having a relativelysmall opening in the bottom, a skirt formed with the dish, andprojecting through the opening in close engagement with the wallsthereof and depending to a point below the under surface of the tabletop, and an ash receptacle fitting about and removably secured to thedepending portion of the skirt.

CARL F. HOGUE.

Engaging the skirt on the outside is a cylindrical ash receptacle'7'having opposed bayonet slots 8 removably engaging and supported bypins 9 projecting outwardly from the skirt. It will therefore be seenthat ashes and butts deposited on the tray may be easily discharged intothe receptacle below, and when the latter needs to be emptied it is asimple matter to reach under the table and disengage the receptacle fromthe

